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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long work hours aren't unsafe, and not getting put up in Santa Fe hotels isn't unsafe.

Filming during covid is stressful and unfun but still happening.  What happened is that someone made a mistake.  Whether it was the head armorer or someone else will be determined. [/quote]

^ Typed by a lazy loser who has never worked a long day in their life. Get bent you worthless jerk.[/quote]

Filming involves long hours.  And living in the West involves lots of driving.  Santa Fe isn't Taos but it's still $$$$.

There are always massive problems during shooting.  Usually, people do their jobs effectively enough for people not to die.  Not this time though.

Are you the one hoping that Baldwin is charged with manslaughter?  [/quote]
No. I’m a member of the IA that drove 70 miles to set yesterday. [/quote]

I am so sorry. What happened out there was unacceptable. Sending solidarity your way. -AFT member[/quote]

Thank you. I’m currently working in the Midwest under a standard area agreement. We had a head on collision on second unit a few weeks ago. BG was in the car. No one can explain why BG was in the car. We had a teenager with a head injury for what? There doesn’t seem to have been any thing done about it. The industry has been a slow moving train wreck for a while now. [/quote]

I’m so sorry. What does BG refer to? [/quote]

BG - background or extra 
Second Unit - is usually stunts
They had antique cars speeding around and an extra ( a minor at that) was in the car. There was a head on collision with another car and the kid slammed their head. Obviously no airbag, and I don’t believe they were wearing a seat belt. Production barely paused. Nothing happened. 
No one can explain why a background person ( who is getting paid 80 bucks a day) was in a car. They aren’t trained. They aren’t stunt people. 
This isn’t some low budget film. This a 200 million dollar film. I get into a van from crew parking and the driver tells me he’s on his third day of a 6 hour turn around, and he lives an hour from base camp. So here is a guy driving me and everyone else around who is getting maybe 3 hours of sleep, for 3 days in a row. That’s not safe for anyone. 
The business is out of control right now, and I honestly wish the strike had happened. Someone needs to hit the pause button and get things under control.[/quote]

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